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Welcome to the 42 social enterprises, responsible businesses, and voluntary organizations that joined the Good Market community in October 2019! This month’s roundup includes new community members from Australia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. More than 1,135 enterprises across 35 countries are now part of the Good Market community. 
See them all at goodmarket.global.
Lahore, Pakistan
DeliveTree is a tree revival and engagement enterprise. They grow, deliver, and plant seedlings to counter deforestation in Pakistan. Priority is given to indigenous trees which are adapted to local conditions, require less water, and help improve local bird and bee habitats. DeliveTree offers reduced rates and free tree planting for schools, hospitals, and low income communities. They partner with other environmental initiatives in Lahore with the goal of planting 15 million trees in the city.
https://www.goodmarket.global/delivetree
London, United Kingdom
Wunder Workshop offers Ayurveda inspired products that are consciously crafted from turmeric and other healing adaptogens. Their tagline “Consumption With Purpose” means they believe in a full-circle, impact driven, and holistic business model and want to give back more than they take from the planet. Wunder Workshop sources ingredients from forest gardens and regenerative farming communities in Sri Lanka, India, Peru, China, and Spain and invests one percent of annual revenue in reforestation and community initiatives. This includes a Wunder Forest in Colombia and mangrove planting in Sri Lanka. Popular products include herbal teas, Golden Mylk, turmeric CBD oil, and raw chocolate bliss bars.
https://www.goodmarket.global/wunderworkshop
Kotte, Sri Lanka
SANASA is the Sinhala acronym for the Federation of Thrift and Credit Cooperative Societies, a microfinance cooperative network that started in Sri Lanka in 1906. The vision is a new social order based on co-operative principles and values. Over time, the Federation has developed supporting institutions to provide additional services to members. One of these, SANASA International, started the SANASA Entrepreneur Financial Expertise Centre (SEFEC) to focus on value chain development and value chain financing for four priority value chains: rice, pepper, banana, and tourism. SEFEC strengthens cooperative enterprise, improves access to market information and opportunities, and ensures that all value chain interventions integrate environmental best practices.
https://www.goodmarket.global/sanasainternational
Nawala, Sri Lanka
Earth Guardians Sri Lanka is a group of young activists fighting against climate change as part of the global Earth Guardians network. Participants are between 8 and 21 years old and meet weekly to discuss ideas for collective action and work together on projects. This includes supporting the worldwide climate strike with peaceful awareness raising events, starting a collection point for old exercise books to be recycled, creating an online petition about reducing plastic in local supermarkets, planting trees, and raising awareness in school and with friends and family about how to act responsibly and make a difference. The Earth Guardians are working to purchase and plant 1,500 trees as part of a reforestation project in Habarana.
https://www.goodmarket.global/earthguardianssrilanka
Rosemount, Australia
Spare Harvest is a global online community of people who want to live a more sustainable life. Members connect with each other to share, swap, sell, or source spare resources. Marketplace categories include fresh food, homemade food, food services, leftovers, kitchen equipment, kitchen waste, plants, animals, soil improvers, garden equipment, land, time, knowledge, and other garden help. Spare Harvest is free to individuals, and anyone anywhere can join and participate. Local communities can use the online marketplace to support a sharing, circular economy, reduce waste, and strengthen food systems in the area.
https://www.goodmarket.global/spareharvest
Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Waste Management Authority Western Province is a government body that focuses on waste management systems for the most populated region of Sri Lanka. The Western Province produces 3,500 metric tons of waste per day, which is 60 percent of the country’s total. Waste Management Authority WP registers recyclers, monitors 21 composting facilities for food waste, and offers training, technical guidance, and programs on waste reduction, home composting, biogas, and recycling. The compost is sold under the brand name Mihisaru.
https://www.goodmarket.global/wastemanagementauthoritywp
Kathmandu, Nepal
Timro provides a common platform for local artisans, designers, and entrepreneurs in Nepal. By fostering cooperation between brands and facilitating market access and opportunities, they hope to stimulate innovation, reduce the out-migration of talented young people from Nepal, and increase local pride in “Made in Nepal” products. Timro Conceptstore features clothing, jewelry, accessories, stationery, and herbal cosmetics from socially and environmentally responsible local brands. Timro Academy offers workshops, masterclasses, and consultations. Timro Expeditions organizes travel experiences and tours that celebrate local craftsmanship. Timro is part of the Circular Economy Forum in Nepal.
https://www.goodmarket.global/timro
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Kaira Jewel Lingo offers secular mindfulness mentoring, training, classes, and workshops, as well as Buddhist meditation retreats and programs in the Engaged Mindfulness tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. She specializes in programs for educators, artists, activists, people of color, young adults, and families with children. Her mindfulness programs emphasize connection with nature and our living planet and are based on the principle that we can nourish peace, justice and liberation in ourselves and in our communities through the practice of awareness in the present moment and through building communities of resistance and love. Kaira Jewel Lingo also offers public Deep Time Walks. The Deep Time Walk is a physical walk of 4.6 kilometers that covers Earth’s 4.6 billion year timeline at a rate of one million years per meter. The walk helps give a bodily sense of the vast amount of time it has taken life to evolve. It puts humanity’s rich ancestral heritage into context, gives an insight into the interconnectedness of all life, and explores the destructive impact our species is having on the integral functioning of our living world. Events are offered freely, by donation, on a sliding scale basis, or with scholarships for those in need.
https://www.goodmarket.global/kairajewellingo
Mirahawatte, Sri Lanka
EarthRestoration offers an opportunity to invest in primary ecosystem services (PES) through their biocurrency called LifeForce. The primary ecosystem services most critical for human existence are products of photosynthesis (oxygen, clean water, and fixed carbon) and can be measured using photosynthetic biomass as a proxy. Investments are used to pay farmers to look after trees for 4 years until they are mature and established as biological assets producing PES for the future. EarthRestoration has developed a system for geo-tagging, monitoring photosynthetic biomass for different varieties of trees, and offering outcome based payments to participating farmers. They envision a future marketplace based on this PES-backed biocurrency.
https://www.goodmarket.global/earthrestoration
Brisbane, Australia
Ai.am specializes in natural, environmentally responsible personal care, wellness, and cleaning products. They offer biodegradable soaps, shampoo bars, dishwash bars, salves, balms, and essential oils and can coordinate custom orders, workshops, and events. Products and packaging are carefully designed to minimize waste. No plastic or PVC stickers are used. Ai.am partners with socially and environmentally responsible suppliers and services. Priority is given to local social enterprises.
https://www.goodmarket.global/aiamnaturals
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Planted Cuisine is rebuilding community through regenerative plant-based food. Services include public and private pop-up dinners, catering, experiences, events, retreats, speaking engagements, cooking classes, menu development, and consultation on regenerative food and farming, food system design, community development, political action, integrative medicine, and more. Planted Cuisine offers discounted pricing to certain demographics and hosts regular events on a donation basis to ensure all members of the community can participate. They sponsor, donate, and partner with local nonprofits and enterprises that align with their mission and values.
https://www.goodmarket.global/plantedcuisine
Midigama, Sri Lanka
Ebb & Flow Jungalows offers accommodation in two villas on the southern coast of Sri Lanka. Each villa can accommodate up to six people. Breakfast is included and other meals can be organized at cost with the onsite chef. Ebb & Flow aims to benefit the local community and environment by employing and training people from nearby villages, reducing plastic waste, using solar water heaters, providing all-natural bathroom amenities, and sourcing from local suppliers.
https://www.goodmarket.global/ebbflowjungalows
Hiriketiya, Sri Lanka
Mond is a place for people to slow down, connect, experience, and create. The accommodation, cafe, bar, and creative studio were thoughtfully designed to inspire creativity and “help everyone who enters reconnect to a sense of peace and self awareness within nature.” Sustainability and humans inherent connection with the planet are at the core of the Mond concept. This includes environmental design, impact awareness, plastic reduction, waste management, solar power, and sustainably sourced local ingredients and supplies. Mond offers art residency programs to artists from the local area and across the globe, bringing together community and art and culture in southern Sri Lanka.
https://www.goodmarket.global/mond
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Charles Drive Forest Garden is a model for sustainable urban living in central Colombo. It offers climate-smart strategies for urban food production, rain water harvesting, and supplying oxygenated fresh air for the home. The only inputs are mulch from the trees, food waste, local dolomite, and rock dust. Charles Drive Forest Garden produces a highly diverse range of crops for the size of the land. Priority is giving to indigenous and medicinal varieties of leafy greens, fruits, yams, and wild vegetables. The harvest is used to prepare fermented herbal drinks, mixed berry salads, and green leaf desserts. The steward of Charles Drive Forest Garden, Ranjit Seneviratne, actively promotes healthy living and participates in local environmental networks.
https://www.goodmarket.global/charlesdriveforestgarden
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Mahindra Electric is the pioneer of electric vehicle technology in India. Their vision is a sustainable automotive ecosystem that brings mobility solutions to customers across the world. India has committed to an all-electric vehicle policy by 2030, and Mahindra Electric supports this transition by making it easier for individuals and businesses to choose from a range of economical electric three-wheel and four-wheel vehicles that minimize air pollution and potential carbon emissions. Mahindra Electric is distributed in Sri Lanka by Ideal Motors.
https://www.goodmarket.global/mahindraelectric
Chunnakam, Sri Lanka
Semman showcases products made by skilled craftspeople in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province who were directly affected by over 30 years of war in the region. They uplift local communities by working with them on designs and quality standards and helping market their products online. Semman refers to the red soil of Jaffna, and the flame in the logo is a celebratory and religious motif in Hindu culture. Purchasing Semman products shines a small light of hope on the red soil of the Northern Province. Popular options include palmyrah housewares, handloom towels, terracotta and recycled paper jewelry, handmade cards, and artwork.
https://www.goodmarket.global/semman
Ahangama, Sri Lanka
Cafe Ceylon is a restaurant and boutique villa opposite one of the best surf breaks in southern Sri Lanka. They are committed to environmental and social responsibility. The restaurant does not offer plastic water bottles, straws, bags, or takeaway packaging. Team member visit the local market with reusable bags and containers and buy bulk whenever possible. Fresh fruit, vegetables, and seafood are sourced from local farmers and fishermen. Cafe Ceylon hires and trains people from the local community, including young men that age out of a nearby orphanage, and donates to local not-for-profit initiatives like Kindhearted Lankans, Animal SOS, and Tails of Freedom. They support other local entrepreneurs by organizing marketplace events and coordinating Pro Earth Biz, a community of businesses that want to focus on sustainability.
https://www.goodmarket.global/cafeceylon
Thalawatugoda, Sri Lanka
Lost in Ceylon specializes in photography and communications to support environmental awareness and conscious travel. They aim to educate, inspire, and encourage travelers to venture off the beaten path and travel responsibly. Lost in Ceylon content centers around the relationship between humans and natural ecosystems and highlights issues like waste, water use, biodiversity loss, and climate change.
https://www.goodmarket.global/lostinceylon
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Vibhava was started to provide innovative solutions to the biggest challenges in Sri Lanka from pollution to poverty. Their main two initiatives are focused on reforestation and plastic recycling. Thuru, which means trees in Sinhala, is a volunteer organization that introduces new technologies to accelerate reforestation with a target of planting 2 million trees. They have developed an app to monitor tree planting and an innovative seedpod made from compostable material with nutrients to support germination and the first few months of growth. Zerotrash currently collects 18 types of materials for recycling and upcycling and is working to develop more solutions to reduce the volume of trash going to landfills. Vibhava also contributes to developing an entrepreneurship ecosystem in Sri Lanka and offers training on design thinking and rapid prototyping. Profits are reinvested to support their work on reforestation and plastic pollution.
https://www.goodmarket.global/vibhava
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
The Sarvodaya Woodwork Production Unit specializes in educational toys and school furniture made from responsibly sourced local wood and nontoxic, lead-free paints. They provide an alternative to imported plastic toys and children’s furniture. Surplus revenue is used to support community development activities by their parent organization, the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement.
https://www.goodmarket.global/sarvodayawoodwork
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Ayurveda Coffee Shop offers healthy food and drinks, Sri Lankan cooking classes, yoga, and meditation in Nuwara Eliya. They are committed to operating in an environmentally responsible way and supporting the local community with their business. Food and drinks are homemade from local, sustainably sourced ingredients including Hansa coffee and Serendib chocolate. Ayurveda Coffee Shop conducts free yoga workshops for the community and donates 10 percent of income for women’s education.
https://www.goodmarket.global/ayurvedacoffeeshop
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Cocanta was started by a group of Sinhala medicine doctors to share traditional medicine practices with future generations and promote herbal products made according to traditional recipes. Popular products include herbal cough syrup, pain relief, face scrub, hair cream, and body butter. Ingredients are produced in their own herbal gardens in Kurunegala, and two percent from the sale of each product goes to a fund to support Sinhala medicine doctors. Cocanta Lanka offers free treatment and products to people in need.
https://www.goodmarket.global/cocanta
Midigama, Sri Lanka
Surfing Wombats offers food, accommodation, and adventure on Sri Lanka’s southern coast with a focus on social and environmental responsibility. The restaurant serves fresh juices, smoothies, breakfast, wood-fired pizza, and other Italian food made from natural and locally sourced ingredients. Vegan options are available. Plastic straws and water bottles have been phased out, and waste is segregated and recycled. Surfing Wombats offers private rooms, dorms, and tents for guests from all income levels. Daily yoga sessions are available.
https://www.goodmarket.global/surfingwombats
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Lanka Environment Fund awards grants to local environmental and conservation groups to protect and restore Sri Lanka’s rich biodiversity and ecosystems. Donors to the fund include individuals and businesses that care about Sri Lanka’s ecosystems. Grants are awarded in four main areas: terrestrial ecosystem conservation, marine conservation, responsible tourism, and waste management. Lanka Environment Fund aims to foster a sense of stewardship, empower local community initiatives, and encourage philanthropic giving for environmental conservation.
https://www.goodmarket.global/lankaenvironmentfund
Weligama, Sri Lanka
Ceylon Sliders is a boutique hotel, cafe, and shop on Sri Lanka’s southern coast that is committed to supporting the surrounding community. They employ people from nearby villages, provide English classes, surf lessons, and bonuses, and support local schools, temples, surfing groups, elders’ homes, dog shelters, and organizations working for positive change. The cafe specializes in food prepared from fresh, natural ingredients like whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables, and seafood. Whenever possible, supplies are purchased in bulk from local markets to minimize waste. The Ceylon Sliders shop features a carefully curated selection of clothing, jewelry, accessories, and surf products. Priority is given to suppliers with a focus on ocean protection and environmental responsibility.
https://www.goodmarket.global/ceylonsliders
Maharagama, Sri Lanka
Zero Waste People raises awareness about living an eco-friendly, zero-waste lifestyle in Sri Lanka. Their goal is influence people to take individual and collective action to eliminate waste, reduce consumption that is harmful to the environment, and encourage others to do the same. They also promote local, eco-friendly social enterprises and recommend new products and enterprises based on identified gaps.
https://www.goodmarket.global/zerowastepeople
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Gobnait specializes in pure raw Sri Lankan honey from an indigenous bee called Apis cerana indica. They educate people about the benefits of apiculture, provide free equipment, training, and bee-friendly plants to small-scale farmers and beekeepers, and work with Ayurvedic doctors to reintroduce forgotten medicine made from bee honey. Every jar of Gobnait honey is unique. They are one of the few apiaries in the world to harvest from each bee colony separately, which means each jar has a different color, aroma, taste, and health benefits. The enterprise draws its inspiration “to help heal humanity” from Saint Gobnait, the patron of bees and beekeeping who dedicated her life to helping the sick.
https://www.goodmarket.global/gobnait
Panadura, Sri Lanka
Munawwarah promotes healthy, sustainable living through locally sourced natural alternatives for food, medicine, and personal care. Products include moringa powder, curry leaf powder, amla powder, green tea, goat milk, herbal goat milk soap, and hair oil. Munawwarah promotes natural farming methods and organic inputs. They use a percentage of profits to help poor families in the area with farming advice and startup assistance.
https://www.goodmarket.global/munawwarah
Delgoda, Sri Lanka
Deskplant.lk is an online plant store that specializes in cacti and succulents. Their wooden pots are handmade from discarded shipping pallets and can be engraved and customized for gifts and special occasions. The plants are grown without synthetic inputs and have minimal water requirements. Clinical studies have shown the importance of green plants and nature for human health and wellbeing. Deskplant.lk aims to improve indoor work spaces and help people breathe healthier air and feel happier on the job.
https://www.goodmarket.global/deskplantlk
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Four Elements specializes in personal care, home care, and wellness products that are handcrafted from natural ingredients. Their mission is to “protect, maintain, and restore the elemental balance of mother earth.” Products include soaps, shower gels, body balms, oils, scrubs, and natural all-purpose cleaner. Their spa candle can be used as a moisturizing body butter or warming massage oil. Four Element sources coconut oil and glass packaging from other Good Market community members.
https://www.goodmarket.global/fourelements
Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Cham’s Goodies specializes in baked goods and detox drinks made from sustainably sourced local fruits, vegetables, and grains. They use local rice flour and kurakkan millet flour as an alternative to imported wheat. Gluten-free, keto, and vegan options are available. Cham’s Goodies offers healthy recipes to customers and free classes for children. Two percent of every sale is used to support their partner farmers.
https://www.goodmarket.global/chamsgoodies
Telwatte, Sri Lanka
HDF Telwatte Women’s Society was formed after the 2004 tsunami to support families affected by the disaster. It holds monthly meetings, has an elected management committee, is registered with the divisional secretariat, and recently opened a retail outlet in Telwatte. Members participate in a revolving loan fund which provides low interest loans and funeral assistance. They also have the opportunity to join training programs and workshops on sewing, batik dyeing, and coconut fiber products. The Women’s Society sells these products through the shop and takes custom orders from socially and environmentally responsible individuals and enterprises. Members are able to work from home and are paid for their work. Any surplus is reinvested into the women’s society. The Telwatte shop also serves fresh juice and snacks for locals and tourists.
https://www.goodmarket.global/hdftelwattewomenssociety
Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
Lotionista specializes in moisturizing face, body, and hair products that are handmade from natural and local ingredients. They started producing for personal use but decided to expand to serve others and scale impact. Lotionista aims to use a percent of profits to support Clarendon Foundation, a girl’s home run by nuns from St. Anthony’s church in Mount Lavinia. Some of the older girls are brought in after being abused or raped. In the future, the goal is to provide employment opportunities for these girls as they pass out of the orphanage.
https://www.goodmarket.global/lotionista
Galgamuwa, Sri Lanka
Zero was started by a group of young volunteers who want to help Sri Lankans transition back to zero waste lifestyles. They teamed up with a group of rural women who are unable to access traditional employment opportunities to produce alternatives to single-use plastic products including school book covers, shopping bags, menstrual pads, diapers, lunch sheets, and straws. Their reusable book covers and shopping bags are made from fabric scraps from nearby handloom workshops and garment factories. They make beeswax wraps from fabric that has been naturally dyed with kitchen waste like coffee, turmeric, onion skin, avocado, and spinach. Cloth menstrual pads and diapers are made from fabric that has been naturally dyed with medicinal herbs including venivelgeta, rathmal, and kohomba. Zero conducts waste awareness campaigns in rural villages and schools and donates 10 percent of sales to install drinking water units in rural schools in the Galgamuwa area.
https://www.goodmarket.global/zero
Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka
Isaro aims to maintain and uplift the kithul palm tapping tradition in Sri Lanka and support low-income communities involved in the industry. They have developed production techniques and quality control systems for a new line of kithul products. Their primary focus is kithul nectar, which is being promoted as a healthy, local alternative to carbonated soft drinks. No sugar, preservatives, or other additives are used. Isaro provides training on sustainable harvesting and production techniques, invests in safety facilities for suppliers and workers, and provides school supplies and scholarships for their children. Other products include kithul vinegar, treacle, jaggery, and watalappan.
https://www.goodmarket.global/isaro
Panadura, Sri Lanka
Samanga produces bean sprouts and microgreens for the local market. Their mission is to make it easier for people to eat healthy food with a minimal environmental footprint. Samanga makes sprouts using mung bean grown by Sri Lankan farmers.
https://www.goodmarket.global/samanga
Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka
Ran Ketha Eco is a farm in southeastern Sri Lanka that focuses on the health of their soil, their water, their biodiversity, and their farmers. They aim to combine the best of traditional agricultural knowledge with the stringent international standards of organic agriculture. Ran Ketha currently supplies fresh fruits and vegetables.
https://www.goodmarket.global/rankethaeco
Colombo, Sri Lanka
WeRepublic is a social innovation focused on educating young citizens of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka about the core concepts of the Republic, its Democracy, and its Constitution, and then working with these knowledgeable young citizens to design and implement solutions to the issues of the Republic. WeRepublic encourages people to inquire and understand the principles and processes of the Republic, make choices based on critical analysis, and develop long term solutions rooted in the local context without trying to copy other countries.
https://www.goodmarket.global/werepublic
Dehiwala, Sri Lanka
All Naturals produces an all-in-one face pack and scrub made from local natural ingredients including sandalwood, venivel, iramusu, kokum, kaha, and welmadata. Their production facility is solar powered and registered with the Department of Ayurveda. All Naturals aims to make natural skincare more affordable and accessible for people in Sri Lanka.
https://www.goodmarket.global/allnaturals
Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka
Made in Ceylon (MiC) is an online platform for environmentally responsible housewares, accessories, natural foods, and other Sri Lankan products. They work with existing networks of community producers and Samurdhi beneficiaries to help build capacity, improve products and packaging, and access new markets. MiC is using ecommerce channels to reduce costs so they can provide affordable prices to customers while maximizing benefits to their producers. They contribute a portion of profits to environmental initiatives in participating communities.
https://www.goodmarket.global/mic
Panagoda, Sri Lanka
Banana Leaf specializes in all natural and healthy Sri Lanka food served in banana leaves, palm leaves, clay pots, and other environmentally responsible packaging. They freshly grind spices and flour and prepare all items from scratch with minimal sugar and oil. Popular options include rice and curry, dosa, string hoppers, jackfruit kottu, manioc pittu and roti, kurakkan roti, kurakkan cake, and traditional sweets. Banana Leaf separates their waste. Biodegradable packaging and food waste is composted and polythene and paper are recycled.
https://www.goodmarket.global/bananaleaf
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
Ceylon Lavish produces natural soap, hand wash, and shower gel from locally sourced ingredients including coconut, cinnamon, sandalwood, aloe vera, turmeric, activated charcoal from coconut shells, beeswax, and honey. They employ rural women, offer flexible working hours to accommodate their schedules, and provide school supplies for their children. Ceylon Lavish is committed to environmental responsibility and packages soap in compostable paper or cloth.
https://www.goodmarket.global/ceylonlavish
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